"LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices"

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

👎️ 👎️

#lg #privacy #monitors #smarttv

"Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings"

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/9/1.html

How much more evidence is needed?

#browsers #chrome #google

"Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year."

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/

Anyone with a brain knows this is a bad idea. Some ignore it and try to build a business from it anyway. Often they aren't particularly good at it.

#ageverification #surveillance #security #cybersecurity

Just got my first mobile device migrated from Android to Ubuntu Touch.

I was expecting this Sunday project to take a few hours, but it didn't take even one. 👏 👏
Let's see what it has to offer and how it holds up in the coming weeks.

#ubuntu #ubuntutouch #mobile #mobileos #alternatives

"Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images"

https://xusheng.dev/posts/reversing/mspaint_invisible_watermark/main/

#microsoft #privacy

"tl;dv (Too Lazy; Didn't Validate): 181,874 Meetings Left Wide Open"

https://bobdahacker.com/blog/tldv-hack

😱

#security #infosec #firebase

"Tech sucks: You have to vote with your wallet, or nothing will change"

https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/tech-sucks-you-have-to-vote-with-your-wallet-or-nothing-will-change/

"Web Security is Too Hard"

https://textslashplain.com/2026/08/04/security-is-hard-yall/

Yes, it is, but sometimes people just make it harder than it needs to be.

#web #security

"Massive ChainDrop npm supply-chain attack infects hundreds of packages"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-chaindrop-npm-supply-chain-attack-infects-hundreds-of-packages/

#npm #javascript #supplychain #security #infosec

"Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick"

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/read-this-before-you-buy-that-tv-streaming-stick/

#security #iot

(ignoring the whole age verification concept for now)

As many people already mentioned over time (myself included), tying your EU citizen duties and rights to a couple of operating systems (Android and iOS) is already terrible for so many reasons.

Enforcing all EU citizens to have an active account with one of two external companies to normally live their lives is just dumb.

https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification/discussions/19

🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

#europeanunion #digitalsovereignty #incompetence

"European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple"

https://waag.org/en/article/european-digital-id-wallets-are-gift-google-and-apple/

It is already bad enough that nowadays, to use certain common and essential services, a person already has to have an account in one of two big foreign companies.

This might just take it to the next level.

Why? Has anybody thought of it? What about using open, interoperable, and sovereign tech?

#europeanunion #europe